Gold

1974
PG
2h 4m

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5.7/10

2.7K

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A South African gold mine manager discovers a plot hatched by the mine owners and London bankers to flood the mine in order to curb gold production and consequently manipulate its price on the stock markets.

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A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

2.7K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
The movie was only released as part of a double bill in the U.S.

Goofs
Although signage usually says "independent blasting", the label on the control panel for the explosives is misspelled as "independant blasting".

Quotes
[producing King's helmet]
Plummer (John Hussey): We found this down there.
Rod Slater: It's King's. It's gold, I hate the lousy stuff.

Alternate versions
Two versions of the opening credits exists. The first half of the credits feature the word GOLD in huge chunky letters on a black background. Within the letters, film has been optically added, showing gold being mined, processed, made into bars and finally, as a selection of jewellery. In the rough cut version, the final shot shows a woman's hand gliding into frame and selecting one of the pieces of jewellery. In the correct version, this is replaced by a slow zoom away from jewellery on a black velvet display. The rough cut also has Giulgud, Milland and Dillman billed at the same time, whereas the correct version has each actor billed separately. ITV in the UK always show the 'hand' version of the credits, although the DVD features the other version.

Connections
Featured in For Our Eyes Only: John Glen (2021)

Soundtracks
Gold
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Lyrics by Don Black
Sung by Jimmy Helms

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Featured review

Just To Put A Charm Around A Ladys' Neck

Despite the collapse of the gold price in recent months here is a movie whose value is assured. Taken from the novel "Gold Mine" by the one and only Wilbur Smith we get to see just how dangerous the world of mining is. Nerve splitting scenes in the aftermath of a rock fall, explosions, underground amputations, the calamity of an underground flood, deceit, conspiracy, loyalty, betrayl, murder, sex, tribal dance, heroics, more heroics (it was penned by Wilbur Smith) and the lengths to which men will go just to put a charm around a ladys' neck.